Countries
Armenian Highland
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
arménien
  
maori
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Māori people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1814
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Maori
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available